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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 1992
Filed:
Dec. 22, 1989
Yasuo Abuyama, Ebina, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A photoelectric converter reads the image of a document line by line. A magnification setting key provided on an operation panel serves to set the copying magnification. When an enlarged magnification is set by the magnification setting key, a magnification processor produces density data of an image to be output, by means of a linear interpolation method, from the image read by the photoelectric converter. When a reduced magnification is set by the magnification setting key, the magnification processor produces density data of the image to be output, by means of a projection method, from the image read by the photoelectric converter. A thermal head transfers ink from an ink ribbon onto a sheet of paper, in accordance with the image density data output from the magnification processor.